Join us for an evening of creative cooking on a budget. This is a family class accommodating children under the age of 12 with an adult. Youth over the age 12 are welcomed to participate more independently.

Come and make connections with services in the community and other parents. Each week, we will have a professional come in to speak about a baby-related topic. Enjoy time with your little one, get some great tips, and learn some tools to help you become a better parent.

This workshop is for youth who want to be a support for their peers experiencing the effects of bullying in our community. Attend this workshop to learn skills so you are ready to be part of the solution and take a stand on National Pink Day on February 28, 2017. You CAN make a difference.

Pickleball is a fun game that is played on a badminton court. It is played with a perforated plastic ball and a wood or composite paddle. It is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a quick, fast paced, competitive game for experienced players.

Cold Lake, AB – The Alberta 55 plus Winter Games are coming to Cold Lake in 2019 and the city is looking for people who can help make the games a success for all involved.

“We’re very excited to host the Alberta 55 plus Winter Games,” said Mayor Craig Copeland. “With up to 1,500 participants, it’s a great way to showcase the community and give back to Alberta’s seniors.”

The games are hosted on a pay-to-play format, with athletes providing for their own entrance fees, transportation, and accommodations. The format allows for the games to be hosted without the large cash contribution that is often needed for similar events.

The games are typically held over three days, with two days of competition. As host, the City of Cold Lake has been asked to contribute by helping to provide the needed facilities, volunteers, coordinating opening and closing ceremonies, and hosting a banquet for the participants.

“What we really need now are volunteers to come forward,” said Copeland. “If anyone is interested in helping out, no matter the task or their experience level, we want to start making a list of people we can contact. We want to establish an organizing committee as soon as possible.”

Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake is inviting citizens to sit on a quasi-judicial Assessment Review Board (ARB).

“The board doesn’t meet that often, and this is an excellent chance for residents to take part in the property assessment process,” said Mayor Craig Copeland. “There’s no experience necessary, and we cover the cost of the training session.”

The Cold Lake ARB is an impartial tribunal that hears formal complaints from property and business owners who disagree with the assessed values of their property as determined by the City of Cold Lake’s assessor.

The board operates independently from the City of Cold Lake. In the case of a complaint, hearings are typically scheduled in the fall, where a panel of board members will hear information from the complainant and the assessor, then make an official decision. The time commitment for hearings varies each year, as it depends on the number of hearings scheduled. When it is time for a hearing, all the documents are prepared by an ARB clerk prior to the hearings, and hearing packages will be given to the board members.

Cold Lake, AB – The Western States Hockey League (WSHL) is looking to expand from the United States into Canada and Cold Lake is being eyed as a possible home for a new Junior A team.

It is the City of Cold Lake’s understanding that the WSHL is working to establish the new Western Provinces Hockey League (WPHL) to facilitate the expansion for the 2018-2019 season, and is eyeing six to eight communities in Western Canada as homes for the new Junior A Tier-2 level teams.

“We have been approached by some people who are part of this proposed expansion,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “We are supportive of any organization who wants to call Cold Lake home and will work with them to help them see their plans become a success.”

The city’s understanding is that the new league is working with internal partners to establish an ownership structure for the new teams before arrangements for the final homes are made.

Cold Lake, AB – Residents in the Lakeland are eager for regularly scheduled, commercial flights that will provide seamless connections to destinations across Canada and throughout the world.

The City of Cold Lake’s commercial air services survey, conducted late in 2017, received more attention and support than anyone expected.

“We are thrilled with the results of the survey but, more importantly, we never could have predicted the level of interest it saw,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “The number of people who took the time to do the survey points directly at a strong need for this service in our region.”

A total of 3,539 people responded to the survey, with 3,051 of the respondents reporting that they lived within the catchment area. The survey, designed by the consulting firm AirBiz, focused on a 150-kilometre radius around the City of Cold Lake for its intended purpose. The number of respondents represents four per cent of the entire population within the catchment area.

Of the respondents in the catchment area, 98 per cent said they were likely to use CATSA-screened, regularly scheduled air service from the City of Cold Lake to a major airport. The study is accurate plus or minus two percentage points, over 95 per cent of the time. Detailed analysis of the responses will be used to market the city to air carriers.

On average, respondents took 3.3 trips by air for both business and leisure in the 12 months prior to taking the survey. The vast majority of respondents – 88 per cent – had travelled by air at least once in the past 12 months.

In 2018, the City of Cold Lake will spend just under $2.2 million in capital road infrastructure improvements as it moves towards a proactive stance that will keep pace with the condition of the city’s roadways.

“Staff have put a lot of research into the city’s road program and we are starting to see the full benefit of their hard work,” Mayor Craig Copeland said. “Maintenance projects are chosen based on what work will best extend the life of the roadways, and this allows the city to get the most mileage possible from our community’s tax dollars.”

Cold Lake, AB – The City of Cold Lake’s 2018 Operating Budget will see a number of changes to user fees, and a number of user fee reviews across a variety of programs.

“Some of these changes are part of an annual review, others are due to reexamining fee structures that have not been changed over the course of several years,” Mayor Craig Copeland said.

Sewer rates will increase from 50 per cent of water use to 70 per cent of water use over two years. This change reflects the most current data surrounding real-world use of treated water, and how much water requires treatment after use. The impact to the sewer charge on a city utility bill will be from roughly $1.32 (on a minimum bill) to about $6.80 per month (on a flat rate bill) in 2018. The actual impact will depend on a household’s water usage.

Waste management fees, including tipping fees at the landfill and transfer station will also be adjusted to more accurately reflect the cost of service delivery. The changes include: